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Lexicon :: Strong's H4962 - maṯ

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מַת
Transliteration
maṯ
Pronunciation
math
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as מָתַי (H4970)
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TWOT Reference: 1263

Strong’s Definitions

מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

  1. male, man

    1. males, men

    2. few men (in prose)

      1. less emphasis on sex

    3. men (poetic)

      1. less emphasis on sex

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.
STRONGS H4962: Abbreviations
† [מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic bdb060701 id.; compare Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steind in BaNB § 2b, δ); — only plural מְתִים Job 11:3 + 3 times, מְתִם Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 + Judges 20:48 (probably), for MT מְתֹם, so GFM; construct מְתֵי Genesis 34:30 + 13 times; suffix 2nd person feminine singular מְתַיִךְ; Isaiah 3:25; 3rd person masculine singular מְתָיו Deuteronomy 33:6; —
1. males, men, Isaiah 3:25 (|| גְּבוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, וְהַטָּף (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים מְתִם עִיר Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 every city of males (male population, compare Dr), and the women, etc.; Judges 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה).
2. usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:
a. מִסְפָּר מְתֵי men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Genesis 34:30 (J; apposition of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28, also Psalm 105:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:19; compare מִסְפָּר מְתָיו וִיהִי Deuteronomy 33:6 and (but) let his men be few.
b. בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט = consisting of a few men Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62
3. elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:
a. Job 11:3; Job 24:12; Psalm 17:14 (twice in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae We; at least omit ממתים ידך Ol Bi Che, compare Hup-Now); מְתֵי ישׂראל Isaiah 41:14.
b. poetic phrase: מְתֵי שָׁוְא men of false-hood Job 11:11; Psalm 26:4; אָוֶן מ׳ Psalm 22:15 men of wickedness; סוֺדִי מ׳ Psalm 19:19 men of my cycle; אָהֳלִי מ׳ Job 31:31 men of my tent (household); רָעָב מ׳ Isaiah 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably מְזֵי ר׳ sucked out, empty from hunger (as Deuteronomy 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (compare מָזֶה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30; 34:30

Deuteronomy

2:34; 2:34; 3:6; 3:6; 4:27; 26:5; 28:62; 32:24; 33:6; 33:6

Judges

20:48; 20:48

1 Chronicles

16:19

Job

11:3; 11:3; 11:11; 24:12; 31:31

Psalms

17:14; 22:15; 26:4; 105:12

Isaiah

3:25; 3:25; 5:13; 41:14

Jeremiah

44:28

H4962

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4962 matches the Hebrew מַת (maṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - And we took possession of all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed every city in succession, and their wives, and their children; we left no living prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - We utterly destroyed them as we dealt with Seon the king of Esebon, so we utterly destroyed every city in order, and the women and the children,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the Lord shall scatter you among all nations, and ye shall be left few in number among all the nations, among which the Lord shall bring you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - and he shall answer and say before the Lord thy God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - Let Ruben live, and not die; and let him be many in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - when they were few in number, when they were but little, and dwelt as strangers in it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - (LXX 25:4) I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - (LXX 104:12) when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 - And thy most beautiful son whom thou lovest shall fall by the sword; and your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies, because of hunger and of thirst for water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - (LXX 51:28) And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Juda few in number, and the remnant of Juda, who have continued in the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand.
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